"Default User" wrote in message
news:82ibd39uftmp77nisfd0p3041v1q8l4ikj@4ax.com...
> "cmsix" wrote:
>
>>"Default User" wrote ...
>>> They're at it again...
>>
>>Some paranoid megalomaniacs just never learn. Hello, we're Sony and
>>were
>>here to make sure you aren't stealing from us.
>
> In this case Sony is using the rootkit as their security model for
> protecting the biometrics of the USB memory stick, and not for
> protecting
> their copyright. Even so it's still a very stupid thing to do.


And a model that is extremely easy even for wannabe script kiddies
because no scripts are needed to employ Sony's own mechanism to hide
malware. That means this Sony scheme will now always get flagged as
malware, even for Sony crap, when the anti-malware vendors add
detection for it.